Yes, when first began testing I certainly expected vastly different results. Currently, except for Blender renders (speaking of which, all Blender render screen captures are available if anyone wishes to see them), all tests are performed manually, several times, to try and reduce human error. Even did a Puppy Linux (Quirky) pre-test in a virtual machine, and Blender rendered 2 minutes faster with MATE in a virtual machine with exactly the same settings, and yes I have those screen captures too. Thanks for the links!

Desktop wars, oh no! That was certainly never my intention, and doesn't sound like it was a fun time to be on the forum.